2013 FORD ESCAPE Complaints

EVERY WINTER WHILE DRIVING MY 2013 FORD ESCAPE INFO SCREEN DISPLAYS "HILL START ASSIST NOT AVAILABLE AND ABS ICON FLASHES. THE RADIO ALSO GOES OFF AND ON. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO TWO DIFFERENT DEALERSHIPS TO GET THIS CORRECTED AND I AM TOLD THEY COULD NOT SEE ANY CODES FOR THIS PROBLEM. IN OTHER WORDS I AM LYING. I AM SURE BY CHECKING WITH OTHERS, I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS PROBLEM. I HOPE THAT THIS CAN BE RESOLVED BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW IF AND WHEN THIS WILL EFFECT ANYTHING ELSE.

MY 2013 FORD ESCAPE 1.6L STALLS AT LOW SPEEDS. THIS OCCURS RANDOMLY WHEN THE CAR IS MOVING AT A SLOW SPEED. FOR EXAMPLE WHEN APPROACHING A STOP SIGN ON A CITY STREET. THIS HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES, TOO NUMEROUS TO COUNT.

A MONTH AGO WE FILLED THE COOLANT UP AFTER NOTICING IT WAS LOW. LAST WEEK WHEN I STARTED IT UP IT IMMEDIATELY SHUT OFF. I STARTED IT UP AGAIN AND IT ONLY STAYED RUNNING IF I GAVE IT SOME GAS. DROVE IT ABOUT 2 MILES AND WHEN I ARRIVED BACK HOME I GOT THE WARNING TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP. IT THEN KILLED ALL THE POWER TO THE VEHICLE. STATED IT WAS OVERHEATING. THE RESERVOIR WAS ALMOST EMPTY OF COOLANT. FILLED IT BACK UP AND THE MESSAGES WERE GONE. DROVE IT TO GET THE CODES PULLED. SEE PICTURE. WAITING TO HEAR BACK ABOUT WHAT IT MAY BE BUT THE MECHANIC SEEMED TO THINK IT'S THE HEAD GASKET. ONLY 90K MILES ARE YOU KIDDING?

APPARENTLY BATTERY BEING DRAINED AND CAR WON'T START IN THE MORNING. SEVERAL TIMES IN THE PAST YEAR. HAD DIAGNOSTICS DONE. BATTERY REPLACED N MAY 2020, ALTERNATOR REPLACED IN NOVEMBER 2020. AAA ROAD REPAIR SAID BATTERY, ALTERNATOR & STARTER ALL WORKING FINE. ONLY 55,000 MILES ON 2013 ESCAPE SEL 4WD W/2.0L 14 GTDI ECOBOOST ENGINE. SHOULD HAVE A PARASITIC DRAW TEST? WAKE UP' ISSUES? SPOKE TO ONLINE TECHNICIAN TODAY.12/27/2020

WHILE DRIVING THIS VEHICLE DIED AFTER GIVING A HIGH TEMPERATURE WARNING & THE ENGINE CAME ON. ONCE COOLED IT WOULD NOT DRIVE FORWARD ON IN REVERSE. THIS VEHICLE IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE AND HAS HAD MULTIPLE PREVIOUS ISSUES.

MY 2013 FORD ESCAPE IS LOSING COOLANT. IT IS NOT LEAKING ON GROUND. I HAVE HAD IT IN 3 TIMES TO FORD AND LOCAL MECHANIC AND THEY CANNOT FIND A LEAK. THEY SAY IT IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. I NEED TO FILL IT EVERY COUPLE OF MONTHS. I BOUGHT THE CAR IN 2.5 YEARS AGO AND IT HAS BEEN AN ONGOING PROBLEM.

ON AT LEAST FOUR OCCASIONS, VEHICLE HAS ISSUED WARNING OF OVERHEATING. FIRST TWO TIMES WERE IN FL AS MY DAUGHTER WAS LEAVING HOME, HEADED TO WORK. SHE WAS GOING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH. THE CAR STALLED ON HER. THE WARNING STATES TO PULL OVER IMMEDIATELY AND STOP THE CAR. THIS HAPPENED AGAIN ON 12/18/20 AS MY DAUGHTER WAS LEAVING WORK. SHE STARTED THE CAR AND IMMEDIATELY THE WARNING SOUNDED, THE CAR SPUTTERED AND DIED COMPLETELY. THE COOLANT WAS BELOW THE NORMAL RANGE, SO WE WENT BACK TWO DAYS LATER WITH ANTIFREEZE (SHE IS NOW LIVING IN NE). WE TOPPED OFF THE COOLANT TANK AND WE WERE ABLE TO DRIVE IT HOME AT NORMAL INTERSTATE TRAVEL APPROX 5 MILES. ON 12/24/20, I WENT OUT TO START THE CAR AND THE WARNING HAPPENED, AGAIN. THE ENGINE SHOWED AT THE HOTEST LEVEL, SPUTTERED AND DIED. THERE IS A RECALL ON THIS YEAR, MAKE AND MODEL FOR POTENTIAL ENGINE COOLANT LEAK. HOWEVER, HER VIN IS NOT LISTED UNDER THIS RECALL.

WARNING CAME ON STATING ENGINE WAS OVERHEATING AND TO PULL OVER SAFELY. AFTER SITTING FOR 3 DAYS, TRIED TO START THE CAR AGAIN, WITH THE SAME WARNING. THE VEHICLE SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN OVERHEATED AT THIS TIME. COULD NOT DRIVE VEHICLE WITH THIS WARNING. HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED HOME.

I HAVE A 2013 FORD ESCAPE 1.6 LITER. MANUFACTURE DATE IS 02/2013. APPARENTLY SLIGHTLY EARLIER MANUFACTURED ESCAPES HAD A RECALL FOR A COOLANT LEAK. FORD IS TELLING ME THIS CAR IS OUT OF THAT MANUFACTURE DATE YET THIS CAR IS NEARLY IN MINT CONDITION EXCEPT THIS ONE THING WHICH SEEMS A LITTLE IRONIC TO ME. IT IS LEAKING COOLANT SIGNIFICANTLY AND I CAN'T TELL WHERE FROM.

OUR 2013 FORD ESCAPE HAS DEVELOPED A COOLANT LEAK AND OIL LEAK. THE COOLANT LEAK IS FROM THE WATER PUMP AND THE OIL LEAK IS UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME. I HAVE SEEN THAT THERE HAVE BEEN ISSUES WITH THIS MODEL AND FORD HAS RECALLED SOME BUT OURS DOES NOT COME UP UNDER THAT RECALL.